Election Schedule

Primaries and General Elections

In primaries in North Carolina, you vote only in the primary of the party with which
you are affiliated. If you register unaffiliated, you may be allowed to vote in
a primary if a party allows unaffiliated voters to vote in their primary. In the
primary you NOMINATE party candidates and in a general election you ELECT officials.

Elections Held in Even Numbered Years

Partisan Offices

President and Vice President (4 year term, every 4 years)

United States Senator (2 seats, 6 year staggered terms)

United States Representative (2 year terms)

Governor (4 year term)

Council of State (4 year terms)

State Senate and State House (2 year terms)

Clerk of Superior Court (4 year term)

Register of Deeds (4 year term)

Sheriff (4 year term)

District Attorney (4 year term)

County Commissioner At Large (1 seat, 4 year term)

County Commissioner District A (2 seats, 4 year terms)

County Commissioner District B (4 seats, 4 year staggered terms)

Board of Education District 1 (2 seats, 4 year staggered terms)

Board of Education District 2 (4 seats, 4 year staggered terms)

Board of Education at Large (3 seats, 4 year staggered terms)

City of Winston-Salem – Mayor, 1 Council Member from each Ward (North, Northeast,
East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West and Northwest Wards) (4 year terms)